Ayaz Gul VOA News September 27, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A senior Taliban official Tuesday called on his men-only government in Afghanistan to reopen all secondary schools to girls without further delay, saying there is no Islamic restriction on female education. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban deputy foreign minister, made the rare appeal in a televised
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 21, 2022 Taliban authorities have allowed the reopening of a nongovernment school in the western Afghan province of Herat, where young girls will learn computer coding. The school was closed in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last year. More than 350 students have already applied to enroll
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Sunday renewed its call for Afghanistan’s Taliban to urgently reopen schools to teenage girls, denouncing the anniversary of their exclusion from education as “tragic, shameful, and entirely avoidable.” Since taking control of the conflict-torn country in August of last year, the Islamist group has
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 16, 2022 Caught between the Taliban’s gender politics and a lack of foreign funding, the public education sector in Afghanistan faces the risk of collapse, aid agencies warn. At least $1.5 billion is required annually to keep public schools open for millions of students, to pay salaries and provide other
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 13, 2022 From the world’s second-smallest state, Monaco, to the most populous country, India, representatives from more than 20 governments and international organizations on Monday condemned the Taliban’s policies of shutting down secondary schools and denying other fundamental rights to Afghan girls and women. Even Pakistan, the purported benefactor of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2022 A UN human rights expert says conditions in Afghanistan under Taliban rule indicate a “descent towards authoritarianism” and called for radical changes to stop the trend. “The severe rollback of the rights of women and girls, reprisals targeting opponents and critics, and a clampdown on freedom of expression
Tolo News: While visiting Uruzgan province, acting education minister Noorullah Munir said that people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation. According to Munir, schools are closed to students above the sixth grade due to cultural constraints, but he emphasized that if a better environment is created, girls’ schools above
Tolo News: Dozens of girls above the sixth grade in Paktia took to the streets on Saturday after not being allowed to attend school in the province. The girls demonstrating on the streets criticized the closing of girl’s schools and again requested that the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] reopen their schools. Click here to read more
Tolo News: After months of delay, the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) finally announced a specific date for holding the Kankor university exam on Thursday. A number of students welcomed the specific date for the Kankor exam, saying they are prepared to pass the exam. “The Kankor exam will be held on 13, 14 and
Tolo News: The acting minister of education, Noorullah Munir, held a meeting with Ron Mac Cammon, chief of the United States Educational Development Program, and said in a tweet that the US group is considering making an online education program for Afghan children and young people in remote areas. However, some lecturers at the university